Validating Analytic Rating Scales: A Multi-Method Approach to Scaling Descriptors for Assessing Academic Speaking: 37 (Language Testing and Evaluation) - Hardcover

Book 7 of 11: Language Testing and Evaluation

Berger, Armin

 
9783631666913: Validating Analytic Rating Scales: A Multi-Method Approach to Scaling Descriptors for Assessing Academic Speaking: 37 (Language Testing and Evaluation)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3631666918 ISBN 13: 9783631666913
Publisher: Peter Lang AG, 2015

Synopsis

This book presents a unique inter-university scale development project, with a focus on the validation of two new rating scales for the assessment of academic presentations and interactions. The use of rating scales for performance assessment has increased considerably in educational contexts, but the empirical research to investigate the effectiveness of such scales is scarce. The author reports on a multi-method study designed to scale the level descriptors on the basis of expert judgments and performance data. The salient characteristics of the scale levels offer a specification of academic speaking, adding concrete details to the reference levels of the Common European Framework. The findings suggest that validation procedures should be mapped onto theoretical models of performance assessment.

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About the Author

Armin Berger is a Senior Lecturer in English as a Foreign Language in the English Department at the University of Vienna. His main research interests are in the areas of teaching and assessing speaking, rater behaviour, language assessment literacy, and foreign language teacher education.

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Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3631666918
ISBN 13 
9783631666913
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
395